Péter Fülöp Kocsis

The Most Reverend Péter Fülöp Kocsis
Archbishop of Hajdúdorog
Péter Fülöp Kocsis in 2013
Church	Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Hajdúdorog
See	Hajdúdorog
In office	2008 - present
Predecessor	Szilárd Keresztes
Orders
Ordination	August 2, 1989
Consecration	June 30, 2008 by Szilárd Keresztes
Personal details
Born	January 13, 1963 Szeged, People's Republic of Hungary (present day Hungary)
Nationality	Hungarian
Previous post	Exarch of Miskolc (2008-2011)

Péter Fülöp Kocsis (born 13 January 1963 in Szeged, Hungary) is a Hungarian Greek Catholic archbishop. He is as metropolitan archbishop of the Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog, the head of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church.

Biography

Higher education started at the Greek Catholic Theological Academy of Saint Atanáz and it was finished at Pontifical Salesian University in Rome. Kocsis was ordained priest in 1989. He taught on Greek Catholic Primary School in Hajdudorogh and High School in 1990 and 1992. From 1992 to 1995 was priest in Tornabarakony. From 1995 Kocsis was to the Benedictine monastery of Chevetogne in Belgium to make monastic life. On November 6, 1998 he passed monastic vows before the bishop Solid Cross, taking the Monastic name Philip. Kocsis spent the Christmas of 1999 in Belgium taking monastic probation (novitiate). On June 30, 2008 he was consecrated bishop of Hajdúdorog Solid Cross, being co-consecrator the Greek Catholic Archbishop of Presov, Ján Babjak and Greek Catholic bishop Milan Šašik of Mukachevo.

Between 2008 and 2011 he served as Apostolic Administrator of the Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc.

In March 2015 Pope Francis elevated the Eparchy of Hajdúdorog to a metropolitan archeparchy, with Kocsis as archbishop and head of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church.^[1]

References

• Péter Fülöp Kocsis at Catholic Hierarchy

1. "Rinunce e Nomine - Provvedimenti sulla Chiesa Greco-Cattolica Ungherese" (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. March 20, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.